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Discussion on EU audit to Evaluate Control of Pesticides in food of plant origin intended for Export to the European Union . Champa Magamage Office of the Registrar of Pesticides
Discussion on EU audit to Evaluate
Control of Pesticides in food of plant
origin intended for Export to the
European Union
.
Champa Magamage
Office of the Registrar of Pesticides
Foods- Fruits & Vegetables
Year Date Notifica
tion No.
Countr
y
Decisio
n
2012 information for
attention
27/08/2012 2012.1236 United
Kingdom
serious Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in paan leaves (Betel) from
Sri Lanka
2013 border
rejection
2/12/2013 2013.CAQ Finland serious Salmonella poona in fresh water spinach from Sri Lanka
border
rejection
29/11/2013 2013.CAL Finland serious Salmonella Weltevreden (present /25g) in fresh centella
(Centella asiatica) from Sri Lanka
information for
attention
10/9/2013 2013.1236 Norway not serious high count of Escherichia coli (1300; 70; 1100; 80; <10
CFU/g) in fresh spinach from Sri Lanka
border
rejection
12/6/2013 2013.BDI Italy serious Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in coconut flour from Sri
Lanka
2013(1) border
rejection
28/05/2013 2013.BAM Italy undecided unauthorised substances methamidophos (1.20 mg/kg - ppm)
and acephate (7.22 mg/kg - ppm) in Centella asiatica from
Sri Lanka
information for
attention
15/05/2013 2013.0675 Norway serious Salmonella Weltevreden in fresh spinach from Sri Lanka
information for
attention
15/04/2013 2013.0541 United
Kingdom
serious Salmonella spp. (present /25g) in paan leaves from Sri Lanka
2013(2) information for
attention
20/02/2013 2013.0215 Switzerland serious unauthorised substances methamidophos (0.61 mg/kg -
ppm), acephate (2.08 mg/kg - ppm), profenofos (1.61 mg/kg
- ppm) and tetramethrin (0.05 mg/kg - ppm) in green chillies
from Sri Lanka
Foods- Fruits & Vegetables
2014 (1) information for
attention
22/09/2014 2014.1308 German
y
serious chlorpyrifos (0.53 mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised substance
carbofuran (0.25 mg/kg - ppm) in spinach leaves from Sri
Lanka
2014 (2) information for
attention
10/7/2014 2014.0945 Switzerl
and
serious unauthorised substances methamidophos (0.07 mg/kg -
ppm) and acephate (0.83 mg/kg - ppm) in bitter melon
(Momordica charantia) from Sri Lanka
2014 (3) border rejection 6/6/2014 2014.AXO Italy undecided quinalphos (0.165 mg/kg - ppm) in peppers from Sri Lanka
2014 (4) information for
attention
15/01/2014 2014.0058 Sweden serious chlorothalonil (1.5 mg/kg - ppm) and tebuconazole (0.28
mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised substances carbofuran (0.95
mg/kg - ppm), dithiocarbamates (8.9 mg/kg - ppm) and
chlorfluazuron (0.19 mg/kg - ppm) in mukunuwenna
(Alternathera sessilis) from Sri Lanka
2014 (5) border rejection 13/01/2014 2014.ABS Italy undecided tebuconazole (0.29 mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised
substance profenofos (9.0 mg/kg - ppm) in centella (Centella
asiatica) from Sri Lanka
Foods- Fruits & Vegetables
2015 (1) information
for attention
21/10/2015 2015.1311 Netherlands serious unauthorised substance carbofuran (0.087 mg/kg -
ppm) in papaya and passion fruit from Sri Lanka
2015 (2) information
for attention
15/07/2015 2015.0925 Switzerland serious acetamiprid (0.34 mg/kg - ppm) and thiophanate-
methyl (2.2 mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised substance
carbofuran (0.037 mg/kg - ppm) in longbeans from
Sri Lanka
2015 (3) information
for attention
12/3/2015 2015.0303 Italy not serious unauthorised substance profenofos (0.063 mg/kg -
ppm) in chilli peppers (Capsicum annuum) from Sri
Lanka
information
for attention
5/2/2015 2015.0132 Italy not serious unauthorised substance profenofos (12.3 mg/kg -
ppm) in centella (Centella asiatica) from Sri Lanka
2016
border
rejection 4/4/2016 2016.AMQ
United
Kingdom not serious
origin unclear of and absence of health certificate(s)
and of certified analytical report for betel leaves from
India, via Sri Lanka
Food –Herb & Spices
2012 alert 27/07/2012 2012.1083 Austria serious Salmonella Agona (presence /25g) in white pepper from Sri Lanka
infested with moulds (3200 CFU/g)
2013 information
for attention
11/11/2013 2013.148 Romania serious aflatoxins (B1 = 13.41; Tot. = 17.88 µg/kg - ppb) in nutmeg powder
from Sri Lanka
border
rejection
9/10/2013 2013.BTB United
Kingdo
m
serious aflatoxins (B1 = 43.4; Tot. = 46.8 µg/kg - ppb) in hot roasted curry
powder from Sri Lanka
border
rejection
23/09/2013 2013.BQU Italy serious aflatoxins (B1 = 33.4; Tot. = 35.2 µg/kg - ppb) in chilli powder from
Sri Lanka
information
for attention
15/05/2013 2013.0676 Norway not serious high count of Escherichia coli (26000 CFU/g) in centella (Centella
asiatica) from Sri Lanka
2013(1) information
for attention
13/05/2013 2013.0658 Italy not serious unauthorised substance profenofos (1.3 mg/kg - ppm) in Indian
pennywort (Centella Asiatica) from Sri Lanka
2014(1) information
for attention
3/12/2014 2014.1641 Switzerl
and
serious unauthorised substances dithiocarbamates (0.1 mg/kg - ppm) and
carbendazim (1.66 mg/kg - ppm) in ponnakani (Alternanathera
sessilis) from Sri Lanka
information
for attention
3/12/2014 2014.1638 Norway serious Salmonella Weltevreden (presence /25g) in curry leaves from Sri
Lanka
Food –Herb & Spices
2014(1) border
rejection
16/04/2014 2014.AQW Italy undecided unauthorised substance profenofos (2.2 mg/kg - ppm) in pennywort
(Centella asiatica) from Sri Lanka
2014(2) border
rejection
14/04/2014 2014.AQR Italy not serious quinalphos (1.49 mg/kg - ppm) and tebuconazole (0.091 mg/kg -
ppm) in centella from Sri Lanka
2014(3) border
rejection
27/02/2014 2014.AJU Italy undecided unauthorized substance profenofos (3.5 mg/kg - ppm) in fresh
centella (Centella asiatica) from Sri Lanka
border
rejection
28/01/2014 2014.AEO Greece not serious spoilage of black pepper from Sri Lanka
2015 border
rejection
7/8/2015 2015.BHL Italy serious aflatoxins (B1 = 66.7; Tot. = 69.3 µg/kg - ppb) in crushed chilli from
Sri Lanka
alert 27/03/2015 2015.038 Switzerland serious ochratoxin A (42.5 µg/kg - ppb) in ground mace from Sri Lanka, via
Germany
2016 border
rejection 19/05/2016 2016.ASF Cyprus serious
aflatoxins (B1 = 81; Tot. = 83.7 µg/kg - ppb) and ochratoxin A (38.5
µg/kg - ppb) in chilli powder from Sri Lanka
border
rejection 27/01/2016 2016.AED Greece serious
aflatoxins (B1 = 172.4; Tot. = 210.6 µg/kg - ppb) in shelled nutmeg
from Sri Lanka
Cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and
tea
2013 information
for attention
4/10/2013 2013.1333 Poland undecided
unauthorised substance tolfenpyrad (0.09 mg/kg - ppm) in green
tea from Sri Lanka
2014(1) information
for attention
26/05/2014 2014.0726 Austria undecided unauthorised substance anthraquinone (0.028 mg/kg - ppm) in
green tea from Sri Lanka
2014(2) information
for follow-up
16/05/2014 2014.0673 Austria not serious unauthorised substance anthraquinone (0.053 mg/kg - ppm) in
tea from Sri Lanka
2015 information
for attention
3/2/2015 2015.0127 Netherl
ands
not serious tea bags from Sri Lanka infested with insects (Lasioderma
serricorne)
2015(1) information
for follow-up
22/01/2015 2015.0071 Austria undecided imidacloprid (0.156 mg/kg - ppm) and unauthorised substance
anthraquinone (0.083 mg/kg - ppm) in tea from Sri Lanka, via
the Netherlands
2016
alert 23/02/2016 2016.0207 Netherl
ands serious plastic fragments in candy bars from the Netherlands
List of Notifications for which a follow-up is requested in view of the Audit
No. Date & Ref. No.
of Notification
Country Product category Product name Pesticides detected/amount
/mg/kg , ppm
Alert
01 21/10/2015
(2015.1311)
Netherland Fruits & vegetables Papaya and
passion fruit
Carbofuran 0.087 Serious
02 15/07/2015
(2015.0925)
Switzerland Fruits & vegetables Long beans Carbofuran – 0.037
Thiophanate methyl – 2.20
Acetamiprid – 0.34
Serious
03 12/03/2015
(2015.0303)
Italy Fruits & vegetables Chili peppers Profenofos – 0.063 Not serious
04 5/2/2015
(2015.0132)
Italy Fruits & vegetables Centella asiatica
(Gotukola)
Profenofos – 12.3 Not serous
05 22/01/2015
(2015.0071)
Austria Coco and coco
preparation, coffee
and tea
Tea Imidacloprid - 0.156
and unauthorized substance
antraquinone (0.083 )in tea from
Sri Lanka via the Netherlands
List of Notifications for which a follow-up is requested in view of the Audit
06 26/05/2014
(2014.0726)
Austria Coco and coco
preparation, coffee and
tea
Green tea Unauthorized substance
antraquinone (0.028 )in green tea
from Sri Lanka
Undecided
07 16/5/2014
(2014.0673)
Austria Coco and coco
preparation, coffee and
tea
Tea Unauthorized substance
antraquinone (0.053 )in tea from
Sri Lanka
Not serious
08 16/4/2014
(2014.AQW)
Italy Herbs and spices Centella asiatica
(Gotukola)
Unauthorized substance
profenofos (2.2) in pennywort
(Centella asiatica) from Sri Lanka
Undecided
09 14/4/2014
(2014.AQR)
Italy Herbs and spices Centella asiatica
(Gotukola)
Quinalphos (1.49) and
tebuconazole (0.091) in centella
from Sri Lanka
Not serious
10 27/2/2024
(2014.AJU)
Italy Herbs and spices Centella asiatica
(Gotukola)
Unauthorized substance
profenofos (3.5) in fresh centella
from Sri Lanka
Undecided
11 13/01/2014
(2014.ABS)
Italy Fruits & vegetables Centella asiatica
(Gotukola)
Tebuconazole - 0.29 Profenofos -
9.0
Undecided
Intercepted products & Pesticides
Fruits and Vegetables/Herbs &
spices
No of
Notifications
Pesticides concerned No. of
Notifications
Papaya & passion fruit 01 Carbofuran 2
Long beans 01 Thioohanate methyl 1
Chili peppers 01 Acetamiprid 1
Gotukola (Centella asiatica) 05 Profenofos 5
Quinalphos 1
Tebuconazole 2
Coco and coco preparation,
coffee and tea
No of
Notifications
Pesticides concerned
Tea and 2 Antraquinone 2
Imidachloprid 1
green tea 1 Antraquinone 1
Competent Authorities
The Ministry of Health - acts as the Competent Authority for the food safety in the country
Office of the Registrar of Pesticides under Department of Agriculture - acts as the competent authority for the establishment of food safety criteria on pesticides in the field level, (such as establishment of MRLs).
But by producing tea Sri Lanka Tea Board has their own regulations and test facilities.
Office of the Registrar of Pesticides,
Sri Lanka
EU approved and not approved pesticides
Weedicides
azimsulfuron Flucetosulfuron pyrazosulfuron-ethyl
bensulfuron-methyl +
metsulfuron-methyl
MCPA
quinclorac
Bispyribac Sodium Metamifos thiobencarb + bispyribac-sodium
ethoxysulfuron metribuzin topramezone
Bispyribac Sodium 40g/l +
Metamifop 100g/l orthosulfamuron Ametryn 73.1% + trifloxysulfuron sodium 1.8%
carfentrazone-ethyl oxadiazon
fenoxaprop-p-ethyl oxyfluorfen Glyphosate(banned in SL)
cyclosulfamuron pendimethalin
cyhalofop-butyl penoxsulam
diuron pretilachlor
EU approved and not approved pesticides
Insecticides
abamectin diazinon
monocrotophos
(Restricted use) thiamethoxam
acephate emamectin benzoate novaluron thiocyclam hydrogen oxalate
acetamiprid etofenprox phenthoate thiodicarb
buprofezin fenobucarb pirimiphos-methyl Lufenuron 5% EC
carbosulfan fipronil profenofos
Chlorantraniliprole 200
g/l SC Flubendiamide
propyleneglycol fatty
acid mono ester Carbofuran (banned in SL)
chlorfluazuron imidacloprid quinalphos
chromafenozide indoxacarb spinosad
dazomet methomyl tebufenozide
deltamethrin methoxyfenozide thiacloprid
EU approved and not approved pesticides
Fungicides
Azoxystrobin Fenhexamid metiram tebuconazole
bitertanol fluazinam
Metiram 55% +
Pyraclostrobin 5% WG thiophanate-methyl
bupirimate flutolanil pencycuron thiram
captan Frutriafol 25% SC Potassium bicarbonate Tricyclazole
carbendazim hexaconazole propamocarb
Tryfloxystrobin + tebuconazole
250 +500 g a.i. /kg
chlorothalonil iprodione propiconazole
copper (as copper
oxychloride) isoprothiolane propineb
difenoconazole mancozeb pyraclostrobin
Dimethomorph +
mancozeb
mancozeb +
metalaxyl Sulphur 80% WDG
Epoxiconazole Maneb tar acids
EU Audit to Sri Lanka
Scheduled on 14th – 22nd of September 2016
A Core Group established
Action Plan
Collecting information on exporters/collectors/farmers
who produce/export their products to EU market
A awareness meeting for exporters/collectors/suppliers is
scheduled on 13th July, 2016 at Ministry of
Agriculture(specially for the exporters who export their
products to EU)
EU audit to Sri Lanka
Detail of the
Exporter;
Name of the Exporter:
Address:
T. Phone No.:
Name and address/phone no. of the farmer/collectors Details of produce or collected for export
Name Address Phone
No.
Indicate Farmer
or collector
Name of fruit/vegetable Date of harvest/date of potential harvest
1.
2.
1.
Mail to : [email protected]
Sample analysis for pesticide residues:
Most important part of the pre-preparedness of the audit is sample analysis for pesticide residues
Minimum detection limits of the laboratory Needs to meet EU MRL
A general default MRL of 0.01 mg/kg applies where a pesticide is not specifically mentioned.
Analysis must done in a accredited laboratory
Analytical cost of residue analysis is very high.
CODEX sampling procedure need to be applied
Trained CAB officers/ROP laboratory staff to collect the samples
Sample analysis for pesticide residues:
50 samples collected at the farmer fields will be analyzed for the
pre-preparedness of the audit
The analytical cost will be bear by exporters association and the
DOA (1:1 basis).(Decided at the 2nd Core Group meeting held on
30th May 2016 at ISTI of DOA)
28 samples were collected and given to the ITI for analysis
Actions to be Implemented
National Action Plan for pesticide residue analysis
Samples will be collected in 3 layers of farms, pack
houses and markets
Implementing a procedure for registering the EU Exporters
at the Department of Agriculture
Immediate action for getting centella farms in to GAP
procedure
Centella (Gotukola) cannot be exported to EU market,
from the other than the GAP certified farms
GAP officers also will be trained for the CODEX sampling
procedure
Registration of Bio- pesticides
Thank You
